E-Book, Englisch, 210 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Harman Thought
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6899-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 210 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6899-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Thoughts and other mental states are defined by their role in a functional system. Since it is easier to determine when we have knowledge than when reasoning has occurred, Gilbert Harman attempts to answer the latter question by seeing what assumptions about reasoning would best account for when we have knowledge and when not. He describes induction as inference to the best explanation, or more precisely as a modification of beliefs that seeks to minimize change and maximize explanatory coherence.
Originally published in 1973.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Contents, pg. ix
Chapter 1. Introduction, pg. 1
Chapter 2. Reasons and Reasoning, pg. 24
Chapter 3. Mental Processes, pg. 34
Chapter 4. Thought and Meaning, pg. 54
Chapter 5. Truth and Structure, pg. 67
Chapter 6. Thought and Language, pg. 84
Chapter 7. Knowledge and Probability, pg. 112
Chapter 8. Knowledge and Explanation, pg. 126
Chapter 9. Evidence One Does Not Possess, pg. 142
Chapter 10. Conclusions as Total Views, pg. 155
Chapter 11. Inference in Perception, pg. 173
Chapter 12. Inference in Memory, pg. 189
References, pg. 195
Index, pg. 197
